Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas .. . bottom grass, the formeryielding from two to three tons per acre, and the latter from oneand a halt to two tons. Clover grows luxuriantly, and Hungarianand millet yield good crops. Blue grass takes easily to the soil,but does not grow luxuriantly. Messrs. Berry Bros, producedand shipped from Lamar county, during 1884, two hundred carloads of wild hay of excellent quality. CLIMATE. In climate remarkable changes have occurred during the pastfifty years. About January 1st, 1834, there was a s(eet stormfollowed by a light fall of s
Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas .. . bottom grass, the formeryielding from two to three tons per acre, and the latter from oneand a halt to two tons. Clover grows luxuriantly, and Hungarianand millet yield good crops. Blue grass takes easily to the soil,but does not grow luxuriantly. Messrs. Berry Bros, producedand shipped from Lamar county, during 1884, two hundred carloads of wild hay of excellent quality. CLIMATE. In climate remarkable changes have occurred during the pastfifty years. About January 1st, 1834, there was a s(eet stormfollowed by a light fall of snow, and during the winter severalsevere northers. The older inhabitants were astonished bythe severity of the weather, for the climate had always been ex-ceedingly mild, the winter perceptible only by ripened crops,fallen leaves, sharp frosts and copious rainfall. Until 1844 heavyclothing was rarely needed, and men seldom wore coats exceptduring the prevalence of northers. The first frost usually cameabout December 1st, and spring began about the middle of Feb-. LAWYERS OF B. F. FULLER. 2 W. B. MINOK. 3. J. M. LONG, 4. GEO. W. CRUTCHFIELD. 5. J. F. McNEMER. PARIS, AND LAMAR COUNTY. 43 ruary. Since 1844 the climate has undergone radical changes,the mean temperature being decidedly lower, the period of ex-treme heat gradually diminishing, the winter growing longer andcolder and the change of seasons more perceptible. Now springbegins about March 20th, the heated term about June 1st,and autumn begins about September 1st and continues until themiddle of December. Winter is decidedly an unpleasant is remarkable for sudden and extreme changes of temperature,storms of sleet and snow and protracted rainfall, but there aremany days of very pleasant weather even in mid winter, and, asa whole, that season in Texas is as summer compared with thatof any northern state. Spring in all climates is a delightfulseason, but here nature displays her charms most ma
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